Parcel-carrier



(No Model.)

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' y PARCEL .GMRIBR A No."286,654. I Patented 0G13. 16, 1883.

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UNITED STATES ATsNr 'risica HENRY H. TOBIAS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PARCEL-CARRIER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,654, dated October 16, 1.883.

Application led May 31, 1883. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern,.- y

Be it known that I, HENRY H. ToBIAs, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Farcel Fastener and Handle, of which the following isa specification, to Wit:

This invention relates to devices for securing packages and parcels; and it consists of two pieces of paper or other suitable material coated on one side with an adhesive substance, and the two connected by a wire` cord, or tape, substantially as will be hereinafter more rfully set forth. y

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention apporta-ins to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is aview of a parcel secured by my device, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are views of dif'- ferent forms of the device.

A represents a piece of paper, cloth, rubber, or other suitable material, preferably of the form shown in the drawings, having one side, or so much thereof as may be necessary,

coated with an adhesive substance, by which the device is attached to the package or par-VV cel. Two of these pieces are used, connected by a wire, cord, or tape.

This invention is intended for use by nien chants in the putting up of light parcels and packages after sale, and is attached by its adhesive substance to the folded endsof the -wrapping up packages in stores.

orv simply the two ends guinined, according to its size, and one of these diamond shaped pieces is attached by its adherent to each end of the package by pasting over the folded ends of the wrapper, as shown in the drawings.

' This device saves both string and time in It is made of any size or form desired, and, while holding them firmly, serves also as handles by which they can be carried. Vhen the device is used as shown by Figs. l, 3, and 4:, Jthe handle serves also to connect the two portions of the fastener and keep the package closed.

It is obvious that any material can be used in the manufacture of these articleswsuch as rubber, cloth, paper, or a combination of them-having sufficient iiexibility to accommodate them easily to the angles of the parcel, coated with guin-shellac or other adhesive substance,` and connected by a handle of wire, cord, tape, or paper, and this handle may be secured within the folds of the fastener, as represented in the drawings, or to eyelets or other Astrengthening devices, to prevent pulling out, and it is intended to provide one side of the fastener with a Aprinted advertisement of the person using it.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' A parcel-fastener consisting of two pieces of flexible material coated upon one side with an adhesive substance and connected by a strip of wire, cord, or tape, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY H. TOBIAS. Witnesses Onis. KREssMnNN,

FRANK J oHNsoN. 

